Puddle of Mudd Singer Arrested for Drunken Fight on Flight

Wes
Scantlin, singer for Puddle of Mudd, has joined the
illustrious list of rock stars (like R.E.M.'s Peter Buck!) who have gotten so wasted on a
commercial flight that they were later arrested. Scantlin allegedly became so intoxicated and
belligerent on a recent JetBlue flight from Boston to Los Angeles that the plane had to be
diverted to Austin, Texas, just to remove the unruly Scantlin.

Scantlin
is being charged with public intoxication and interfering with a
flight crew, a charge that could get the Transportation Security
Agency involved.

This
is at least the fourth time Scantlin's been arrested. In 2004, he was
also arrested for public intoxication after his bandmates abandoned
him onstage because he was too drunk to play; Scantlin responded by
staying on the stage alone for 30 minutes, shouting at and insulting
the crowd before eventually getting arrested. In 2011, he got in
trouble for owing $60,000 in taxes. And last January, he was arrested
on felony cocaine charges.

In
related news, Puddle of Mudd has a “Best of” album, which came
out in 2010. You should probably buy it to help this Scantlin fellow
out.